From: The National Police Federation <communications@npf-fpn.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Subject: Thank You to Those Who Show Up, No Matter What | Merci à ceux qui sont présents, quoi qu'il arrive
To: <David.Raymond.Amos333@gmail.com>
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National Police Federation / Federation de la Police Nationale / Brian Sauve, President
Description of the organization's activities
The NPF provides strong, fair, and progressive representation to promote and enhance the rights of RCMP members who serve across Canada, from coast-to-coast-to-coast and internationally. Our members provide effective and committed policing services to uphold our laws and support safer and more livable communities large and small. We are committed to negotiating fair and respectful compensation and resources to maximize the safety and security of all our members and the communities we serve.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Brian Sauve, President
Organization's membership or classes of membership
The NPF is Canada’s largest police union, representing ~20,000 members and reservists of the RCMP below the rank of Inspector.Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
11-300 Earl Grey Drive, Suite 250
Ottawa, ON K2T 1C1
Canada
Telephone number:
613-227-7091
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Budget
- Employment and Training
- Immigration
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Labour
- National Security/Security
- Taxation and Finance
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act future changes with the creation of the bargaining agent and association, including subsequent changes made to the RCMP Act regulations.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
- Engagement on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act as it relates to pension, disability, health care services, occupational health and safety, employee assistance services and benefits for the purpose of strengthening services and providing recommendations to inform decisions, grant amounts and MOU's
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Engagement on contract policing as it relates to support, financing and resources in jurisdictions under Police Service Agreements with the purpose of providing information and recommendations to guide future decisions.
Communication Techniques
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
- Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
- Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
- Finance Canada (FIN)
- House of Commons
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
- Justice Canada (JC)
- Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Public Safety Canada (PS)
- Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- Senate of Canada
- Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
- Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Michael Brennan, Chief Administrative Officer | No public offices held
- Pete Merrifield, Vice President | No public offices held
- Sarah Nolan, Director, Government Relations | Public offices held
- Ana Santarem, Advisor, Government Relations | No public offices held
- Brian Sauve, President | No public offices held
Sarah Nolan
| Position | Period Held | Last Date Designated Public Office Held |
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Policy Advisor
House of Commons, Hon. Diane Finley |
January 2016 to January 2017 | Not a designated office |
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Manager of Parliamentary Affairs
House of Commons, Brad Butt, MP |
July 2011 to November 2015 | Not a designated office |
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Manager of Parliamentary Affairs
House of Commons, Hon. Helena Guergis, MP |
May 2009 to May 2011 | Not a designated office |
RCMP Transparency and Trust Strategy Enabled by Open Government
Transparency at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), enabled by an Open Government approach, offers up opportunities to enhance accountability, foster trust, drive innovation and change, enhance services and policies, foster evidence-based decision making, nurture community policing and become a more efficient and responsive public safety organization as a whole.
Through the application of this strategy, the RCMP will strive to be an international leader in public safety transparency and open government practices, and embody the principles of trust, transparency, integrity, accountability and participation.
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Publisher - Organization Section Name: Open Government and Data Governance
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
Transparency and Trust Strategy Enabled by Open GovernmentPDFNational Police Federation's Post
Staff Sgt. Giles Blinn retires from RCMP in Fredericton
Staff Sgt. Giles Blinn is retiring from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Fredericton, N.B., after 31 years.
May 1, 2018 By Renée Francoeur
He worked in general duty, highway patrol and as a criminal interdiction officer, labour representative and violent crimes analyst.
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Subject: Gilles Blinn, a retired RCMP staff sergeant said he's concerned about "a lack of accountability
To: <Stéphane.Esculier@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, <jody.r.carr@gmail.com>, <jackcarr@kw.com>
Friday, 9 May 2025
Gilles Blinn, a retired RCMP staff sergeant who's lived in Nasonworth for 30 years, said he's concerned about "a lack of accountability."
Local official calls police on residents seeking public government records
Sunbury-York South CAO facing charges for obstructing access to public documents
Sunbury-York
South CAO Marjorie Turner is facing two charges of not providing public
documents. The charges are related to incidents where she called the
police to have two residents banned from the municipal office. (Sunbury-York South Rural Community/Facebook)An official of a rural municipality outside Fredericton is facing charges after she called the RCMP on residents asking for public documents they were legally entitled to.
Marjorie Turner, the chief administrative officer for Sunbury-York South, was scheduled to appear in Fredericton provincial court on Wednesday on two charges of violating the Local Governance Act, which police officials called "extremely rare."
Turner was not present, but CBC News made a request for an interview through her lawyer, who was in court for the proceeding, which was adjourned without plea until May 28. Turner has not yet responded to the interview request.
Created under the province's 2023 municipal amalgamations, Sunbury-York South includes Nasonworth, Rusagonis, Waasis and Charters Settlement.
Mac Burns, who's lived in the community for 50 years, first took an interest in the new council after it proposed building an $8 million municipal complex last fall. Council later backed down after a public outcry.
Resident
Mac Burns was one of two people Marjorie Turner tried to have banned
from the municipal office after they asked for public documents. (Chad Ingraham/CBC)
"We were saying, if they're going to spend $8 million on a municipal building, where else are they spending the money?" he said in an interview earlier this week.
Burns started looking into how much the municipality had paid for land on Chaparral Road in Waasis for the proposed building and how much it was paying to rent a temporary office in neighbouring Oromocto.
CAO called police on two residents
Burns went to the municipal office on Dec. 19 to ask for records that would explain why certain matters had been discussed in closed session. Under the Local Governance Act, a council must record "the type of matter" discussed in closed session in their meeting minutes.
The act also states that most council documents "shall be available for examination by members of the public" in the clerk's office.
But the clerk told Burns several times it was not available. He said Turner then appeared and asked him to leave while she was on the phone to the RCMP. Burns recorded the audio of the interaction on his phone, which he shared with CBC News.
By that time, Turner had already called the RCMP on another resident, Melissa Gillis, who had also been seeking public records.
Gillis confirmed with CBC News that she was given a trespass notice on Nov. 27.
CAO
Marjorie Turner and Mayor David Hayward are shown together in a photo
days after the municipality was created in January 2023. (Sunbury-York South Rural Community/Facebook)
She also shared an April 11 email from Mayor David Hayward, who apologized for the notice and said it had been lifted.
When asked if he was concerned with what happened, Hayward said in an interview that he wanted to make clear that it was Turner as an individual facing charges, not the entire municipal government.
Hayward said Turner has been out of the office "for some time" and he hasn't spoken with her since the incidents.
When
asked if he would support her employment if Turner is found guilty,
Hayward said it would be a human resources matter to be discussed at
that time.
RCMP confirms they were called to office twice
In an interview, RCMP Sgt. Stéphane Esculier of the Oromocto detachment confirmed the RCMP were called to the municipal office for "disturbances" on both dates and said a trespass notice was issued for the first incident but not the second, although it "had been considered."
RCMP
Sgt. Stéphane Esculier of the Oromocto detachment confirmed that police
were called on two occasions for 'disturbances' at the municipal
office. (Sam Farley/CBC)
Esculier said there is a "fairly low threshold" to issue a trespass notice to someone.
"It's something that was requested by the CAO at the time to avoid, I guess, further disturbances at the location," he said.
Esculier said the RCMP then investigated the incidents, which resulted in the charges the CAO now faces — two counts of failing to provide documents required for examination by members of the public. She faces a maximum fine of $5,200.
He said the Local Governance Act is not something the RCMP deals with very often, although it does have jurisdiction.
"Personally, that's the first time I've seen charges under that act," Esculier said.
Charges racked up at Costco, Amazon
Burns said his investigation revealed other concerns, completely separate from the charges Turner is facing.
Documents received through a right to information request show the municipality's bank card racked up charges for various items at Costco.
The receipts don't have a name attached and include office-type purchases like coffee pods and office supplies. But they also go beyond the expected, including gouda and havarti cheese, pickles, ramen, yogurt, peanut butter, fruit salad, dark chocolate, mozzarella bites and carrots.
Havarti
cheese snacks were one of the items that appeared on Costco receipts
from purchases made with the municipality's bank card. (Sam Farley/CBC)
There was also a receipt from the Costco food court for a chicken tenders meal — with extra gravy.
Receipts for Amazon were clearly addressed to Turner. They include a $26.44 microwave egg cooker and a $41.99 essential oil diffuser.
"I'm concerned with the administration office when you're buying peanut butter and Mr. Noodles, dill pickles and being charged to the taxpayers," Burns said.
He said he's kept on the case because he's retired and wants to hold municipal officials accountable.
"I think what we found was no checks and balances with the CAO," he said.
"So the message is to be diligent. See what your council is doing, see what the mayor is doing and that act — make sure they follow the act."
Mayor stands by staff, council
Hayward said he was aware of the receipts and that they led the municipality to start working on a new spending policy for employees.
"Without that structure in place, if there isn't a rule, then you're not breaking the rule," Hayward said.
"I want to be be very clear that I don't believe any member of our council or staff have any nefarious plans or there's been any extraordinary expenditures outside of the norm."
Retired mountie says situation is 'nonsense'
Gilles Blinn, a retired RCMP staff sergeant who's lived in Nasonworth for 30 years, said he's concerned about "a lack of accountability."
He called the trespass warnings nonsense and said citizens are entitled to public information "because we pay their wages, right? It's a government organization. They have to provide it. There's no two ways about it."
Retired
Mountie Gilles Blinn, who lives in Sunbury-York South, said he's never
heard of charges being issued under the Local Governance Act before. (CBC)
Blinn echoed what Esculier said about charges under the Local Governance Act being rare.
"I don't know if we've ever laid one in this province, ever," Blinn said.
He admitted that it's "not the crime of the century," likening it more to a speeding ticket than a criminal offence. But Blinn said it was serious enough to warrant a charge and that the CAO is ultimately beholden to residents.
"These people request something, you have to provide it, right?" he said.
"You just can't call the police for everybody that shows up requesting something."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Journalist
Sam Farley is a Fredericton-based reporter at CBC New Brunswick. Originally from Boston, he is a journalism graduate of the University of King's College in Halifax. He can be reached at sam.farley@cbc.ca
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Subject: Gilles Blinn, a retired RCMP staff sergeant said he's concerned about "a lack of accountability
To: <Stéphane.Esculier@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, <jody.r.carr@gmail.com>, <jackcarr@kw.com>Oct 21, 20191 Comment
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